Juventus, how Kolo Muani played against Cremonese: no shots, a penalty appealed for

The Frenchman's performance in today's test at Continassa

Juventus lost today's test at Continassa 1-0 to Cremonese, with Bonazzoli scoring from a Licina assist, and there were some positive signs for Luciano Spalletti and others that were less encouraging. One of the main boosts for the Juventus manager was the return of Andrea Cambiaso, who has recovered from injury and got 66 minutes under his belt, first in central midfield alongside Weston McKennie and then on the right. New signing Norberto Neto did not feature, though, as he is still working on his fitness.

Kolo Muani’s match

The analysis therefore leads us to Kolo Muani and his match, which exposed some of the problems seen at the start of the season, apart from the strong displays against Atalanta and NEC Nijmegen. Today the Frenchman struggled to operate in the middle of the penalty area, where he found no room and, true to his usual style and characteristics, kept drifting wide and dropping deeper towards midfield. Kolo Muani was only noticed once, in the 34th minute, when he went down in Cremonese's penalty area after slight contact with Luperto, appealing for a penalty. Far too little, even with all the mitigating circumstances of the case. The only positive note is that Juventus' number 9 managed to play despite the extensive bandaging for the fracture of the proximal phalanx of the fifth finger of his right hand suffered during the Serie A match against Atalanta.